2016–17 Programming: "The Meaning of Refuge"
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"Lampedusa in Winter" Film Screening and Discussion
May 07, 2016Jakob Brossmann | Austria/Italy/Switzerland | 2015 | 93 minutes Saturday, May 7,... read more
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"Flow Mechanics" Film Screening
May 13, 2016Nathalie Loubeyre | France | 2015 | 85 minutes Friday, May 13, 5:00PM, Vancity... read more
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Notes from the Field: Covering the Refugee Journey from Syria to the Balkans
July 05, 2016Natalie Carney Tuesday, July 5, 6:00PM–8:00PM, Room 7000, SFU Harbour Centre Co-sponsored by SFU's... read more
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Indian Summer Festival 2016: "Border Crossings"
July 14, 2016The theme for this year’s festival (July 7–16, 2016) is ‘Border Crossings.’ Our stellar cast of... read more
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The Ideaz Institute Vienna and its Collaboration with the Civitas Institute in Gaza, Palestine
September 13, 2016Johannes Maerk & Maher Issa (Via Skype) Tuesday, September 13, 10:00AM–12:00PM, Room 7000, SFU... read more
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Plan Oder Markt: The Battle of Ideas Between Austro-Marxism and Neoliberalism in Vienna
September 13, 2016Johannes Maerk Tuesday, September 13, 6:00PM–8:00PM, Room 7000, SFU Harbour Centre Co-sponsored by... read more
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Facing the Anthropocene: Fossil Capitalism and the Crisis of the Earth System
September 15, 2016Ian Angus Thursday, September 15, 7:00PM–9:00PM, Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, SFU... read more
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Right-wing Populism in Europe and Beyond––Antagonism of Us Versus Them
September 16, 2016Rita De Grandis, Samir Gandesha, Johannes Maerk, & Jerry Zaslove Friday, September 16,... read more
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Strangers at Home: Current Narratives of Fear and Resistance in Europe
September 26, 2016Shayna Plaut Monday, September 26, 6:00PM–8:00PM, Room 7000, SFU Harbour Centre Co-sponsored by... read more
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Genocide: The politics of Denial, Forgetting and the Work of Memory
October 07, 2016Conference with Keynote by Doudou Diène October 7–9 (Conference), Rooms 1900, 1700, &... read more
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The Radical Convergence: SFU’s Geography Department in the Mid-seventies
October 11, 2016Nick Blomley, Eugene McCann, Nathan Edelson, & Robert Galois Tuesday, October 11,... read more
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Talk by Lucy Lippard
October 15, 2016Saturday, October 15, 7:00PM, Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, 149 W.... read more
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Breaking the Silence: 20 Years After Invasion & War in the Congo
October 18, 2016Congo Week Event with Maurice Carney, Friends of the Congo Tuesday, October 18,... read more
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What a City is For: Remaking the Politics of Displacement
October 21, 2016Matt Hern, Sobhi Al-Zobaidi, Josiane Anthony, Lisa Bates, & Glen... read more
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The Poetry and Science of Climate Change
October 24, 2016Stephen Collis Monday, October 24, 6:00PM–8:00PM, Room 7000, SFU Harbour Centre Sponsored... read more
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Kinder Morgan, the media and the Coming B.C. Election
October 25, 2016Brad Hornick, Claris Figueroa, & Mary Lovell Tuesday, October 25, 7:00PM–9:00PM,... read more
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Utopianism Panel
October 27, 2016Frank Cunningham, Meg Holden, & Trevor Boddy Thursday, October 27, 7:00PM–9:00PM, Room... read more
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Modern Horizons Journal's 6th Annual Conference: "Nihilism... Utopianism"
October 28, 2016Keynote Speakers: Ian Angus & Jerry Zaslove Friday, October 28, 9:00AM–6:00PM, Room 7000,... read more
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From Resistance to Freedom: Struggles for Self-Determination from Rojava to British Columbia
October 29, 2016Saturday, October 29, 10:30AM–5:00PM, Room 1700, SFU Harbour Centre Co-sponsored by SFU's... read more
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Making Territorial Acknowledgement Matter
November 02, 2016Wednesday, November 2, 4:30PM–6:30PM, Room 420, Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue, 580 W.... read more
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An Evening with Graphic Journalist Joe Sacco
November 02, 2016Joe Sacco, Chris Brayshaw, & Roxanne Panchasi Wednesday, November 2,... read more
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Future of Public Education in BC
November 03, 2016Patti Bacchus, Rory Brown, Diana Day, Alex Hemingway, Maggie Milne Martens, & Isabella... read more
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Red, Blue, and Saffron: Can the Left and Dalits in India Unite Against Hindutva?
November 12, 2016Anand Teltumbde Saturday, November 12, 2:00PM–4:30PM, Room 2600, SFU Surrey Co-sponsored by SFU's... read more
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A Propaganda System: How Canada's Government, Corporations, Media and Academia Sell War and Exploitation
November 14, 2016Yves Engler Monday, November 14, 6:00PM–8:00PM, Room 1415, SFU Harbour Centre Co-sponsored by... read more
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World Peace Forum Teach-In 2016: "Crisis and Resistance"
November 19, 2016Saturday, November 19, 8:15AM–5:30PM, Rooms 1700, 1510, & 1525, SFU Harbour Centre Co-sponsored... read more
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Grassroots Mobilizations Against Climate Change
November 23, 2016Melina Laboucan-Massimo Wednesday, November 23, 7:00PM, Room 1400, SFU Harbour... read more
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The Marriott Cell: A Conversation With Mohamed Fahmy
November 29, 2016Mohamed Fahmy & Adel Iskandar Tuesday, November 29, 7:00PM–9:00PM, Room 1900, SFU Harbour... read more
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Re-imagining Affect: A Dialectic Conceptualization
December 01, 2016Peter Zuurbier & Frédérik Lesage Thursday, December 1, 6:00PM–8:00PM, Room 7000, SFU... read more
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Fictions of Personhood: Writing Torture in Law and Literature
January 05, 2017Wendy McMahon Thursday, January 5, 6:00PM–8:00PM, Room 7000, SFU Harbour Centre Sponsored by SFU's... read more
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The Fight for Farmland: Agricultural Production on Vancouver’s Rural/Urban Fringe
January 16, 2017Lenore Newman Monday, January 16, 6:00PM–8:00PM, Room 7000, SFU Harbour Centre Sponsored by SFU's... read more
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Enlightenment and Idealism
January 23, 2017Douglas Moggach Monday, January 23, 10:00AM–12:00PM, Room 2200, SFU Harbour Centre Sponsored by... read more
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Human Trafficking in the Gulf States
January 31, 2017Laya Behbahani Tuesday, January 31, 7:00PM–9:00PM, Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre,... read more
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The Soweto Youth Uprising in Fact and Fiction
February 03, 2017Arushi Raina, Jabulile Dladla, & Yasin Misago Friday, February 3, 6:00PM–8:00PM,... read more
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‘Can the university stand for peace?’ Omar Khadr, Higher Education and the Question of Hospitality
February 10, 2017David Clark Friday, February 10, 6:00PM–8:00PM, Room 7000, SFU Harbour Centre Sponsored by SFU's... read more
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Gulîstan, Land of Roses
February 19, 2017Nadia Yassen & Steve Henderson Sunday, February 19, 1:00PM–4:00PM, Room 2270, SFU Harbour... read more
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Beyond the Women’s March: Inclusive and Intersectional Organizing
February 20, 2017Monday, February 20, 6:00PM–8:00PM, Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, Goldcorp Centre for... read more
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The Reconciliation Industry: Land Dispossession and Extractivism in An Age of Official Contrition
February 21, 2017Martin Lukacs & Khelsilem Tuesday, February 21, 6:00PM–8:00PM, Room 1800, SFU Harbour... read more
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The Leap vs the Elite: Progressive Populism in the Age of Trump and Trudeau
February 22, 2017Martin Lukacs Wednesday, February 22, 10:00AM–12:00PM, Room 2050, SFU Harbour Centre Co-sponsored... read more
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The Invention of the Savage: Philosophy’s Colonial Histories
February 24, 2017Alberto Toscano Friday, February 24, 5:00PM–7:00PM, Room 7000, SFU Harbour Centre Co-sponsored by... read more
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The Return of Right-Wing Populism and the Framing of the Migrant and Refugee
March 02, 2017Michelle Bonner, Dionne Bunsha, Greg Feldman, & Samir Gandesha Thursday, March 2,... read more
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Truth Before Reconciliation: Reframing/Resisting/Refusing Reconciliation
March 10, 2017Patricia M. Barkaskas & Sarah Hunt Friday, March 10, 6:00PM–8:00PM, Room 1900, SFU Harbour... read more
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Can Semiotics Make the Affective Turn?
March 14, 2017Gary Genosko & Ian Angus Tuesday, March 14, 6:00PM–8:00PM, Room 7000, SFU Harbour... read more
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Reclaiming Queer Arab Stories: A Lecture and Conversation with Saleem, Author of “Guapa”
March 20, 2017Saleem Haddad Monday, March 20, 6:30PM–8:30PM, Room 1300-1400, Segal... read more
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Standing Rock to Unistoten
March 25, 2017Freda Huson & Ladonna Brave Bull Allard Saturday, March 25, 3:30PM–5:30PM, Room 7000, SFU... read more
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Independent Media and the B.C. Election: A Roundtable Discussion
March 26, 2017Sunday, March 26, 3:00PM–4:30PM, Room 7000, SFU Harbour Centre Cosponsored by SFU's Institute for... read more
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Recent Developments in Governmentality Studies: Counter-conduct
March 29, 2017William Walters Wednesday, March 29, 10:00AM–12:00PM, Room 1510, SFU Harbour Centre Sponsored by... read more
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Deportation, Aviation, and the Politics of Visibility
March 30, 2017William Walters Thursday, March 30, 6:00PM–8:00PM, Room 7000, SFU Harbour Centre Sponsored by SFU's... read more
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The Violence of Detention: Borders, Security, and the Search for Refuge
March 31, 2017Friday, March 31, 9:00AM–6:30PM, Room 7000, SFU Harbour Centre Co-sponsored by SFU's Institute for... read more
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Situationist International Conference: "Spectacle of Fascism"
April 07, 2017Keynotes: Jen Kennedy, Anselm Jappe, Thomas Y. Levin, & Serge Guilbaut April 7–9, Djavad... read more
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The End of Progress
April 10, 2017Amy Allen Monday, April 10, 6:00PM–8:00PM, Room 7000, SFU Harbour Centre Sponsored by SFU's... read more
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Perspectives on Site C: A Panel Discussion
April 20, 2017Doug McArthur, Eoin Finn, Paul Kariya, Karen Bakker, & Dean Dokkie Thursday, April 20,... read more
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Sexual Paranoia Comes to Campus; Intellectual Freedom Takes a Curtain Call
May 03, 2017Laura Kipnis Wednesday, May 3, 6:00PM–8:00PM, Room 1425, SFU Harbour Centre Sponsored by SFU's... read more
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Coleridge and the Ambulatory Imagination
May 25, 2017Bruce Baugh Thursday, May 25, 6:30PM–8:30PM, Room 7000, SFU Harbour Centre Sponsored by SFU's... read more
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It Ain’t Necessarily So; Or the Contingency of Necessity
May 26, 2017Bruce Baugh Friday, May 26, 10:00AM–12:00PM, Room 1510, SFU Harbour Centre Sponsored by SFU's... read more
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Politics After the Breakthrough by Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party
June 23, 2017Ingo Schmidt, Beverly Ho, Derrick O'Keefe, & Samir Gandesha Friday, June 23, 7:00PM–9:00PM,... read more
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The Development of Fascism in India: Gujarat Pogrom 2002 to Mob Lynchings 2017
August 27, 2017Rana Ayub Sunday, August 27, 3:00PM–5:00PM, Room 7000, SFU Harbour Centre Co-sponsored by SFU's... read more